The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... Augustus . atchieved under the republic ; and the emperors , for the most part , were fatisfied with preferving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the fenate , the active emulation of the confuls , and the martial ...
... Augustus . atchieved under the republic ; and the emperors , for the most part , were fatisfied with preferving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the fenate , the active emulation of the confuls , and the martial ...
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... Augustus was equally two Antoni - adopted and uniformly pursued by Hadrian and by the two Antonines . They perfifted in the defign of maintaining the dignity of the empire , without attempting to enlarge its limits . By every honou ...
... Augustus was equally two Antoni - adopted and uniformly pursued by Hadrian and by the two Antonines . They perfifted in the defign of maintaining the dignity of the empire , without attempting to enlarge its limits . By every honou ...
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... reforms first steps in which Augustus laid aside the tyrant , and profeffed himself the father of his country . He was elected cenfor ; and , in concert with his faithful III . CHAP . Agrippa ; he examined the lift OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 79.
... reforms first steps in which Augustus laid aside the tyrant , and profeffed himself the father of his country . He was elected cenfor ; and , in concert with his faithful III . CHAP . Agrippa ; he examined the lift OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 79.
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... Augustus had been com- the pro- pelled to accept fo very liberal a grant , he re- folved to gratify the pride of the fenate by an easy facrifice . He represented to them , that they had enlarged his powers , even beyond that degree ...
... Augustus had been com- the pro- pelled to accept fo very liberal a grant , he re- folved to gratify the pride of the fenate by an easy facrifice . He represented to them , that they had enlarged his powers , even beyond that degree ...
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... Augustus were far fuperior to thofe of the popu- lar deities . But it was the misfortune of the former to live in an enlightened age , and their actions were too faithfully recorded to admit of fuch a mixture of fable and mystery , as ...
... Augustus were far fuperior to thofe of the popu- lar deities . But it was the misfortune of the former to live in an enlightened age , and their actions were too faithfully recorded to admit of fuch a mixture of fable and mystery , as ...
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